Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes approximately 2.5 million new infections every year, and nearly 1.6 million patients succumb to HIV each year. Several factors, including cross-species transmission and error-prone replication have resulted in extraordinary genetic diversity of HIV groups. One of these groups, known as group M (main) contains nine subtypes (A-D, F-H and J-K) and causes ...

OBJECTIVES To determine (a) the influence of HIV in developing osteoarticular infections in intravenous drug abusers (IVDAs) and (b) the differences between the clinical features of osteoarticular infections in IVDAs and a control group of non-IVDAs. METHODS A comparative study of the clinical features of osteoarticular infections in all HIV positive and HIV negative IVDAs admitted to the dep...

conclusions although the dentists had a proper knowledge in the field of transmission of hiv, hbv, and hcv infections, fear and concern of being infected make them to refuse these patients. therefore, training dentists to improve their attitudes toward treatment of these patients is necessary. background dental practitioners can be exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b ...

HIV causes AIDS by depleting CD4 + T cells. This weakens the immune system and allow opportunistic infections (Hel et al., 2006). Oropharyngeal candidiasis, often the first sign of HIV infection, is the most prevalent fungal opportunistic infection in HIV infected individuals (Barr, 1992). Numerous oral manifestations have been described for HIV-infected patients and the most common are those r...

Results 119 NI were notified among 486 patients; the most frequent NI was pneumonia (n = 53; 44,5%), followed by primary bloodstream infection (BSI) in 27(22.7%), cardiovascular system – arterial or venous infection (CVS-VASC)(n=16 ;13.4%), urinary tract infection (n=12; 10.1%), intra-abdominal infections (n= 6; 5%), soft tissue/skin infections (n= 4; 3,5%), and surgical site infection (n=1;0.8...

Against the background of COVID 19 pandemic, number patients with co infection HIV + has increased critically. The features interaction these two infections are scientific, clinical and practical interest.

Background: The most common sexually transmitted diseases and the economic and social health problem throughout the world. However, vaccine coverage and antibiotic therapy and the development of programs to prevent and control major causes of acute and chronic diseases, pregnancy complications and infertility remains. Acute and chronic systemic viral infections can lead to infertility and perma...